R53 Mini Cooper S Trackday Brands Hatch 12/4/21

R53 Mini Cooper S. Awesome to finally get back out on track with Opentrack for an evening session.
#silverslug

[@Fleming41st]

Just seen this vid looks amazing. Just at the point of looking for my first track car would you recommend one for a beginer been looking at these and audi tts

[@johnr53john]

Brilliant cars for trackdays. There’s alot of off the shelf parts for them that really help make a build quick and easy

[@arexriu]

What steering wheel do you have? It looks extra meaty.

[@johnr53john]

Its a OEM one that I had retrimmed by Royal Steering wheels

[@2WheelSam]

Cracking sounding car! I’m looking to get one for track days as I’m moving 5 mins up the road from brands. What sort of mileage should i go for when buying one? Tia

[@johnr53john]

Good service history over mileage. Have a look on the Facebook r53oc group - there’s a few respected sellers that will supply clean examples 👍🏼

[@brettkimber6851]

What exhaust do you have mate? Looking to get my R53 onto brands soon but it has a straight through exhaust so concerned it’s not gonna pass noise test..

[@johnr53john]

Mines a janspeed 4-1 manifold to a 1320mini ‘thom cat’ to a milltek resonated rear section. I also had an additional silencer added into the link pipe so I stay well clear of the noise limits. Seems to be working OK so far 👍🏼

[@STRampo500]

great video, what sort of specs is the car@?

[@johnr53john]

😊 Was 280bhp at the time, Link ECU, Rob Cox BVH, catacm469, Airtec Top Mount, TPE Charge pipe, 17% pulley. Janspeed 4-1 mani, milltek exhaust.. st suspension, Megane calipers . I forgot most of the bits now 😅

[@STRampo500]

@@johnr53john did you have many heat issues on track?

[@johnr53john]

@@STRampo500 running water meth which does a decent job on the IATs.